Honest question for Stotts supporters

Draymond is an outstanding defensive player, one of the best I’ve seen. Now, his best days are maybe behind him, not sure, but he is an elite defender.

 

You'd hope so, but I've got a feeling once a fan has decided their coach isn't good enough, there's no record or outcome that would change their mind.

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Honest question: How many current coaches have won three separate playoff series without having home court advantage? Stotts did it in 2014 vs Rockets, 2016 vs Clippers, and 2019 vs Nuggets.

 

Honest answer, why does it matter?
Stotts has been in Portland for a long time. Whats his overall playoff record?

 

How did Stotts try to get them to lose?

 

Come on Strenuus. You're a moderator. Let's articulate and be specific and not just trash the man who has anchored our team for 7 years including 6 playoff appearances, 4 playoff series wins, and a trip to the WCF despite several injuries. This year, despite massive injuries to our front court, he has us in the 8th spot. The Neil/Stotts/CJ/Dame stability has been a success in my book. They've given us a team that competes and will have a chance to win a championship in a small market over the next 4 years. In my opinion.

 

I believe he has the fourth highest playoff winning percentage in franchise history behind Adelman, Ramsey, and Dunleavy, if we're looking to compare him.

 

Stotts will go down as the Blazers' GOAT Coach when all is said and done.

 

Stotts has one of the best back courts in the league, a center who is "better than Nurk", and an "MVP level" Melo. You think that equates to a 14-17 record?

 

Who are you quoting in your Nurk and Melo takes?

Our overall forward play has been well below league average all season and our bench is one of the worst in the NBA. Nothing wrong with the Dame and CJ take though.

 

Kingspeed

 

He will never, ever surpass Jack Ramsey without a championship.

 

Exactly. Stotts will win a championship in Portland and will be considered the GOAT coach. Dame has already stated that it will happen in their 11th in year so get pumped for 2023. There will be streets named after both of them.

 

Sure you do.
Three with the Bulls and two with the Spurs. Then there's three as coach of the Warriors where even Luke Walton coached them to a championship. Kerr had little to nothing to do with his 8 rings. All you can say is that he didn't fuck it up as coach of the Warriors which you can also say for Walton.

 

Come on, the comparison had nothing to do with that.
Now, look at Kerr's 8 rings. 3 with the Bulls' extremely talented team, 2 with the stellar Spurs and 3 with a Warriors team that other coaches could only salivate over.

 

Are you serious?

 

Again, you keep talking about outcomes while i ask you to dig a little deeper.
We're not taking the solid way to beat other teams, Stotts can't identify a momentum turn to save his life, he's doing weird subs and lineups, players are making the same mistakes over and over and over in a game.

Teams fired Rick Carlisle (DET),Dwayne Casey (as COY), D'Antoni (the genius of Nash' Suns) etc, but it would be a horrible mistake to fire this guy? what kind of black magic does he perform on some of you people?

 

I've never proposed a narrative in which Stotts is inherently,100% a bad coach, nothing can ever be on Stotts alone because the players are still responsible for their play.

I am saying that his players and this organization can take the good things he established and grow further with a different coach.